id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9311 Theophilos (emperor) - Wikipedia .html text/html 3259 462 68 Issue Constantine, Michael III, Maria, Thekla, Anna, Anastasia, Pulcheria 833–835) and Michael III (840–842) as co-emperors 812 – 20 January 842) was the Byzantine Emperor from 829 until his death in 842.[1] He was the second emperor of the Amorian dynasty and the last emperor to support iconoclasm.[2] Theophilos personally led the armies in his long war against the Arabs, beginning in 831. Theophilos was the son of the Byzantine Cappadocian Greek Emperor Michael II and his wife Thekla, and the godson of Emperor Leo V the Armenian. The peace between the Serbs, Byzantine foederati, and the Bulgars lasted until 839.[17] Vlastimir of Serbia united several tribes,[18] and Theophilos granted the Serbs independence;[19] Vlastimir acknowledged nominal overlordship of the Emperor.[17] The annexation of western Macedonia by the Bulgars changed the political situation. Solidus depicting Theophilos, with his father Michael II and his eldest son Constantine in the reverse Michael III (19 January 840 – 24 September 867), who succeeded as emperor. Sons of Byzantine emperors ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9311.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9311.txt